Cotton conveyer



July 5, 1932. BEATY 1,866,005

co'm'on CONVEYER Filed Jan. 11. 1930 Patented July 5, 1932 UNITED l s; P l I Amps '15. BEATY, E CHARLOT E; uomnrdmoum common: CONVEYER Application;fild gJ'anuery 11, 1930. Seriai No: 420,-150.

i My; intention; relates to ot o colw y rs nd-snore perticu er y o n mpr vemen 0 the, cotton; conyeyer covered by, my Patent;

i -113927566 rE bru r-y fhl 8le 1. y; 9111913; pp ic t o referr d o, he. otton cow-eye ays mpomp es gini eders ltrfl edi n: n 9 snd-e nn e edat their. ppe amds 'oe Plies ott n- 0 lesi ns- 1Q conveyer is arranged within the distributor cesing end cotton is fed to the; casing from 2L SQ 11 1OB5 of I supply by. a, suction: Pipe. The cotton is often tied up inbagsorsheetsof; burlap, and these beg s j or burlep sheets are el vz erriedj nt hei uet on p p ith e cotton, thereby causing-greatinconvenience by choking; up the spiral conveyer t; at, the; an s nd,neeess t ngi i g d wn tdi 'tr utorz ystem w e he gserere-i ismoved i n 1 An importent object of any inyention is to r v dea c v yer. c -will up by foreign matter; such as: the bags re: ferred to.

vention will v be apparent during the course I i l jsharpoornerjshownfiat.116 in: dotted lines in J of the; following description.

I L e cqqmpen-yl gt a ei Whreih" like characters of -reference denote like o1" 395 corresponding parts throughout the same,

Figure 1' is a side elevation ofje portion of a cotton conveyer ha,ving my, invention ,ap

plied thereto, 7

Figure3 1s a deteilgjo erspective view. of the befiie plate and; V i i Figure 4 is ga sectional view; showing modification of the hanger construction and ure 2,;

Inthe drewi-n g r of illustration is .shown' a preferred .embodi:

only o, rportion; ofa.-the casing,; showin one distributor cesing which sup:

A screw. or sp ral ,4

not be. choked 0 her objects aid yanteges of my in? Figure 21s a sectioneLyiewonthe-line;

looking in the opposite direction from Fig-g2 for thea purpose to -be; understoodthat these length of the casing Elle-spiral con'veyer is made up ofeseveral sectionsextendingfrom i one of the hangersto the next; and it will be 5 seen, therefore, thatthe ends of adj acentconveyer sections are separated bythe hangers 11. The center- 0r body ofthe conveyer' is. tubular-win form, such asthepipe 12 and: a, shaft 13extends through thehanger bearing i 14 and into theends'ofthe pipes 13, to' which the shafteis secured.-.

The spiral flights 15 of the oonveyer norn1a11y terminate ina, vertiahplane whichis=\ parallel to the hangervllzaseshown-bythe dotted. lines on the left of the hangenllin F igurelfl and: in full lines; at. the right ofthe hanger: in this figure. 1 When the-beigs are travelling: through the casing :inthe di rection'of the arrow-in Figure l they will" 701 not be cauglltrby-tlie endsof .th'e -conve'yerf fiighthon the right=hand side of the'hanger sduetoxthef act that thatAporti-on .of the flight-i isreced'mg from the; hanger :anditends to throwthe bags,away-ifroin-theihanger but 78 as..- soon: as, the: bag.- .passes .ithe: hanger," "the about. thehzimger; Although the conveyer'sd edge to the 1 right of ltheuhangeri is: recedin'g g' the edge to the left? is advancingl'and will' therefore, ,catch1thewbag.;..

Lhave .discovered thatv 1f the front end ofz-the conveyerzgthat; is}. the 'end of the con veyer Which-(is on-the: far? side of the i hangerfrom the direction: of the fiow' of the m'atje-e rial, is rounded to cut ofi' :the proj ecting por notion of the conveyeni'fiight edjnoentthe "hangeiwl hl shown: inxadotted lines at l6- in oo FiguresQ-l'endl 2; therewill be nothing fto catch the bagnnd the rounded edge 17 will .tend to throw off the bag.

In cases where :the ibags ihave looserstrings I or-threads, zthese; threads are"1ike'1y to catch in the small space between the end of the' conveyen and thez h'angeri andl iwind" 1 around;

the; conveyerg therebyifouling onstage and? choking tthei' conveyera Toli'furtherrprote'ctz thenex tremeend of the 1055 conveyer flight, therefore, I provide a bafiie curved inwardly to the center of the spiral plate 18 arranged against the hanger bearing conveyer, and a baffle plate secured to the end 1 1. The baffle plate has a semi-cylindrical of said conveyer adjacent the support and end 19 which is secured to the end of the overlyingtheinner end of the conveyer flight. 5 conveyer body portion 12, on the opposite 2. Aconveyer comprisingasupport,a shaft side thereof from the end of the conveyer journaled in said support, a spiral conveyer flight 15 by means of a bolt '20 which passes flight arranged on said shaft and termlnatcompletely "through the conveyer body 12 ing adjacent said support, the end of said and shaft 13. The other end of the baflie flightbeing' curved towards'its center to meet 10 plate 18 is bent overat anangle slightly less the shaft, and a baflie plate secured to said than a right angle to form a'tongue 21' which shaft adjacent the support, said plate having extends over the end of the bolt 20 and over a tongue extending over the juncture of the and beyond the cutaway end of the conveyer end of the conveyer flight with the shaft.

flight at its juncture with the tubular con- 3; Ascotton conveyer comprising a dis-- 1,5 veyer body 12. This tongue 21 prevents the tributor casing, a support arranged therein, bags or sheets from becoming wound about a shaft journaled in said'support,spiralconthe conveyer flight and the-hanger 11, and veyer flights arranged on said Shaft on eachthe' baffle plate is preferably tapered from side of said support, the conveyer flight ad-fl the semi-circular bearing portion 19 to the jacent the support on the far side thereof 20 end of the tongue 21on the side away from from the direction of flow of the cotton being the hanger. The hanger bearing-is formed curvedinwardly towards its center to meet larger than the baffle plate'l8 as shown in the shaft whereby material may pass by the- Figures 1 and 2 and the'tongue 21 does not support without beingwoun'd about the'end extend beyond the periphery of the bearing. of-the conveyer flight and the support.

It will be seen, therefore, that with the 1 4:. A cotton conveyer comprising'a discutaway end of the conveyer flight-and the tributor casing, a supportarrangedtherein, baflie plate 18, bags and similarforeign maa shaft journaled in saidrsupport, spiral coneterial will not choke the conveyer but will veyer flights arranged on said shaft oneachk,

7 pass through without becomingtangled side of the support,the conveyerflight ad i" ,.;about the hangeroriconveyer. Y I .jacentthe support on the far si'de'there'of from 98"- cIn'Figure 4 I have shown the'foot 22 of the direction of flowof the cotton being 7 the support 11" secured to the bottom of curved inwardly towards its center'tomeet; the, casing in lplacevof its top. As has been the shaft, and a baffle plate secured to'ther set out in my prior patent referred to above, shaft adjacent thesupport and overlying the:

, 4 due to the offset arrangement of the concurved inner end of the conveyer flight. 19,0.3

veyer, the directionof rotation thereof, the '5. A cotton conveyer comprising a dis inclined side of the casing, and the spongy tributor casing, asupport" arranged therein nature ofthe cotton, the cotton is floated ashaftjournaled in'said support, spiral con-1- along onithe side of the conveyer hen the veyer flights arranged on said shaft on each'a .support is arranged above :the conveyer'as sideof the support, the conveyer flight adjain Figure 1, it tendsto obstruct the cotton, cent the support onthe faris ide thereof from but when arranged beneath-the conveyer as the direction of flow of thecotton being in Figure tit willnot obstruct the flow ofthe curved inwardly toward its center to meet the:

cotton due to theifloating :action thereof. shaft,and a battle platesecured tojthe shaft V Figure 4 shows the right hand conveyer and, adjacent the support, saidplate' 7 having a therefore, .does not show the curved edge 17. tongue extending over the j uncture of the end The supportjll is used with the curved con-' of the curved conveyer flight "with the-shaft.

veyer edge and baffle plate, however. The 6. A conveyer comprising a support, .a

edge of the right conveyer need'not'be cut spiral'conveyer journaledat one end insaid ,r yaway but .is' preferably formed with a support, andabaflle plate secured to'sa'id constraight end as shown in Figure 4. -veyer and overlying the end of the conveyer V 'VVhile-I, have shown. and described the flight adjacent the support to allow material preferredembodimentof my invention, it is to pass the support withoutbeing fouled" on to be understood that various changes in the the end of the conveyer flight and the sup 7 size, shape and arra c be resorted to,withoutideparting-from the A conveyer comprising a support, a spirit of my invention or the scopeof the spiral'conveyer' journaledat oneend in said subjoined claims. v r support and a 'baflle'plate secu'rjed'to said" Having thus described my'invention, what shaft adjacent said support, said plate hav ngement ofparts may 1 port.

I claim and-desireto protect by Letters Pating a tongue extending over-theend' of the 5 ent is: a I 1 conveyer flight to allow materialto' pas s the 1. A conveyercomprising a support, a support without being wound about the end spiral conveyer. journaled at one end in said ofthe conveyer flight and the support.

support, the end of the spiral flight of said 8. A cotton conveyer comprising a dis- 6 spiral conveyer. ad acent said support being tributor casing, a support"arranged therein,

a shaft journaled in said support, spiral con- Veyer flights arranged on said shaft on each side of said support, a baffle plate secured to the shaft adjacent the support on the far side thereof from the direction of flow of the cotton, said plate having a tongue extending over the end of the conveyer flight.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

, JAMES T. BEATY.- 

